Post #184649 by the75stingray on Tue, Sep 6, 2005 6:43 AM

Hanford, I appreciate that you unlocked this thread and moved it to the approriate forum. I also appreciate that I have access to see and reply to it.

I wanted to say publicly, why I wanted to say happy B-day to Toa. No...it was not to kiss ass.

Back when we had a BIG debate of political / election / war views, I became very, VERY disenchanted with TC as a whole. I kinda dropped out of the forums all together.

One day, outta the blue, I got an e-mail from Toa...a guy I had barely conversed with in here. He said, "Hey, where have you been...you okay?"
Nothing more. Nothing less.

With a simple e-mail from a goofball like Toa, my faith in the Ohana spirit of TC was restored!

And I was hoping that if he was out there reading this, that he would know people here still thought of him from time to time.

I only remembered his birthday because it is the same day as my father-in-laws...I don't remember dates well.

I don't know what happened to Tiki Toa...it's none of my business.
But I think it's fair to say he often made a positive contribution to the forum.

So...thats it. It you want to consider that kissing ass, thats okay with me. It really doesnt matter.

I just wanted it known that I did not post Happy B-day to Toa to disrespect Hanford or to make a mockery of the TC forums. That was not my intent.

Take it for what it's worth.

Respectfully,
"A Little Boy with a Keyboard"